Capitals Ink Keith Aucoin to Contract Extension

[Thrillhouse]

ARLINGTON, Va. – The Washington Capitals have signed center Keith Aucoin to a two-year contract extension, vice president and general manager George McPhee announced today.

Aucoin, 31, currently leads the American Hockey League (AHL) in scoring with 84 points, posting 31 goals (a career high) and 53 assists for the Hershey Bears. Aucoin helped lead the Bears to the Calder Cup last season while finishing second in the AHL scoring race to linemate Alexandre Giroux with 96 points (25 goals, 71 assists).

Aucoin, a 5’9”, 162-pound native of Waltham, Mass., has played 21 games for the Capitals in the last two seasons, recording three goals and eight assists. He had a goal and four assists in nine games for Washington earlier this season. The Capitals first signed Aucoin as a free agent July 3, 2008.

[ejwalk]

How much to have him as a fill in player for 2 years ..any ideas ..would have to one of the top paid players at hersey

[The27Menace]

500,000 next year and 525,000 the year after that

[bigjohnson]

Best player in the AHL.

I think the maximum a player can make is $106,000 in the AHL. Those numbers above would be his NHL salary.

[RFA]

If a player is on an NHL 1 way contrat then he'll still make the NHL money in the AHL. The max an AHL contract can be for is just over 100K somewhere. Doesn't really make sense from an AHL persepctive. So Aucoin will be getting around 2 million to play for Hershey for four years.